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Books like Influence 1983
Matched on how they feel, not on genre or who made them: the same pull on fourteen measures of character (tone, pace, scale, ambiguity and the rest), read from each title on Taste Buds. About Influence
Books closest to Influence
The willpower instinct 2011Also spare, classical in form and earnest
Atomic Habits 2016Also spare, classical in form and earnest
Essentialism 2014Also spare, classical in form and earnest
Brain Rules 2008Also spare, warm and earnest
Drive 2009Also spare, classical in form and earnest
The Organized Mind 2014Also spare, classical in form and warm
Rest 2016Also spare, earnest and classical in form
The Organized Mind: Thinking Straight in the Age of Information Overload 2015Also spare, classical in form and cool
Emotional Design 2003Also spare, warm and classical in form
How we learn 2014Also spare, warm and contemporary
Smarter Faster Better 2016Also spare, earnest and warm
Decisive 2013Also spare, classical in form and earnest
The same feel, in other forms
Films
Ed Sheeran: Amazon Music Songline 2025Also warm, earnest and spare
FULL DISCLOSURE: THE REALITY BEHIND SPIELBERG'S DISCLOSURE DAY 2026Also classical in form, warm and contemporary
Cameron Winter at Carnegie Hall 2026Also classical in form, warm and earnest
Series
The Mind, Explained 2019Also spare, classical in form and earnest
Watch the Sound with Mark Ronson 2021Also warm, spare and earnest
Chef's Table: Pizza 2022Also warm, classical in form and earnest
Games
Istanbul: Digital Edition 2018Also classical in form, warm and resolved
Patchwork 2016Also classical in form, cool and spare
Monzo: Digital Model Builder 2014Also spare, classical in form and resolved
Albums
- The Chicago EP 2005Also classical in form, earnest and spare
- Jordan Raycroft 2013Also classical in form, spare and earnest
- Windmills 1972Also classical in form, earnest and spare
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